Seems like he’d be a fairly moderate conservative who would excel as a policy pitch man and unite the nation behind a mantra of buying things. But Peyton has a skeleton or two in his closet dating back to his college days at Tennessee, and in my opinion missed a post-Super Bowl opportunity to speak out on sexual violence against women, especially on campuses.

Although I only agree with one of Elway’s three ballot initiative recommendations in a recent campaign ad, I won’t condemn him for speaking his mind on pro-business issues he feels are important enough to take a stance on and risk alienating a certain segment of his fan base.

Now Marshall is back to standing again for the national anthem — working toward actual solutions to police brutality and social injustice — even if he promptly got knocked down again by the Oakland running game. The team, including Elway, seemed to support Marshall during his protest. but I assume they were not particularly thrilled by it.

A lot of people don’t want to mix their politics and sports because one is an escape from the other, but that hardly seems possible these days as social issues are being taken up by athletes on both sides of the political aisle.

And not condemning truly scary positions on sexual violence, racism and calls for revolution can be just as bad as condoning those things. Trump has hinted at armed insurrection if he loses the election, and some people will read that as permission to hurt the people the GOP candidate has railed against this awful election season – women, immigrants, disabled people and minorities.

Trump has encouraged what could turn out to be overly aggressive poll-watching across the nation ahead of Tuesday’s crucial vote — rhetoric that may be encouraging voter obstruction tactics in Eagle County and other parts of Colorado.

We all have an obligation, regardless of political affiliation, to stand up to and denounce such overt forms of political bullying because it’s leading to an environment of armed hostility and a lack of respect for the federal government.

That anti-government agenda directly impacts those of us living on the Western Slope of Colorado, where federally-owned public lands are a huge part of our outdoor recreation economy. Those lands are threatened by a growing militia push to take over those lands and turn them over for development by private industry.

Our own 3rd Congressional District race between incumbent Republican Scott Tipton and Democratic former state Sen. Gail Schwartz highlights this increasingly bitter debate over how best to manage public lands. Tipton has avoided endorsing or condemning Trump, which is a problem, but he should at the very least condemn the Bundy family militia movement to take over public lands.

Tipton may not be directly advocating for the sale of those lands, but he should stand up to the armed bullies who want to take them over for their own selfish benefit.

Just as politicians and public figures have a duty to call out Trump for his divisive and violent rhetoric, they also must stand down the growing militia movement in the wake of the most bitter election in American history.